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Dumb tractor hauling question

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Bama Binder

06-05-2000 12:59:20




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I'm too chicken to haul my new Super H and am hiring it done. Here's the dumb question...If I have it hauled on an automotive type rollback wrecker, should I have it winched up front first or back first?

It is a wide front...if it goes on front first, I'm worried about damage to the front end while loading, but I would rather have it facing front first so the rear end can be chained to the back of the wrecker.

If it goes on rear end first there is little possibility of damage to the tractor, but then the front end of the tractor will be chained to the back end of the wrecker and I am concerned about damage to the front end during stopping.

My guess is that it would be best to go on rear first, but want advice. What to do?

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Kim

06-06-2000 06:55:02




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 Re: Dumb tractor hauling question in reply to Bama Binder, 06-05-2000 12:59:20  
Bama, here is a link to an interesting article on hauling a tractor. Covers a lot of issues including safety.



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ltf in nc

06-05-2000 16:21:55




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 Re: Dumb tractor hauling question in reply to Bama Binder, 06-05-2000 12:59:20  
Bama,
Make your requirements known when you seek out someone to perform the task of moving your tractor. I do not think it is excessive to request that the mover do a professional job and to protect your investment. Once a month I watch an outfit bring tractors from Canada into North Carolina for resale. They have pride in their work and the equipment they haul. Needless to say, I do not observe them abusing their loads. The equipment is secured properly by looping chains over the top of the rear tires and then secured by affixing a chain front and rear to the loop and tightened using chain binders. There is no contact of the chain to the metal of the tractors. This technique is similiar to the heavy straps that fit over the top 1/3 of the tires that are used to secure collector cars to trailers. The front tires are secured with the car straps if they fit or with a chain rig if the tires are too large. If good care is given and the tractor is delivered as expected get the guys business card for future needs and compensate him accordingly.

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F14

06-05-2000 13:54:38




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 Re: Dumb tractor hauling question in reply to Bama Binder, 06-05-2000 12:59:20  
While I suspect Wardner may have a point, I have some information that may tide you over until the Prozac kicks in ":^)

A rollback's bed inclines so that the process of winching the tractor up onto the bed produces a very minimal amount of stress. The line pull is nearly parallel to the bed, so little or no downforce is put on the front end. Just have the operator hook the cable as low ON THE FRAME as he can, and winch 'er up front end first. DON'T let him pull by hooking to the front axle.

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Wardner

06-05-2000 13:26:09




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 Re: Dumb tractor hauling question in reply to Bama Binder, 06-05-2000 12:59:20  
I think that you should sell it to a museum before you get a severe case of stressed induced hyper-tension.
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Bama Binder

06-05-2000 14:40:17




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 Re: Re: Dumb tractor hauling question in reply to Wardner, 06-05-2000 13:26:09  
Thanks for the help guys...I just got a call in to the doc for some Valium and Cardura. I guess my attempts to safeguard my tractor must have over-excited me.

I'm probably the only one who gets excited when I get a new toy. I'll try to keep my blood pressure in check and keep my posts to a minimum....oh and there ain't no museums in Alabama that take Farmalls...only Fords and Deeres



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big fred

06-05-2000 15:02:51




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 Re: Re: Re: Dumb tractor hauling question in reply to Bama Binder, 06-05-2000 14:40:17  
Yup, I ain't never heard o' nobody else gettin' excited over a new toy. ;o)

Heck, I get that way ever time I see one with a For Sale sign on it. (Lessee, raid the kids college fund, second mortgage on the house, sell some plasma, yup, think I can swing it...)



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